The cost of President Barack Obama's new $100 million BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) announced Tuesday is far outweighed by the benefits gained, the White House argued following the program's unveiling.

The initiative—a subject the president first referenced during his State of the Union address in January—would support technologies that map the brain in order to gain greater understanding of a variety of diseases in the hopes of leading to new cures, prevention and treatment, as well as the links between the brain and behavior.

"The potential here is enormous," White House press secretary Jay Carney said at Tuesday's briefing. "And the investment here is relatively small compared to the potential."

The $100 million in government funds being spent on the program will be included in Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget to be released April 10. The funding breakdown includes: $40 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is part of the Department of Defense; and $20 million from the National Science Foundation.

pretty much gonna screw you .... through sony IBM... to name a couple.....SONY have perfected it.....and it seems IBM(Microsoft) have a different approach....but to screw you none the less.

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The $100 million in government funds being spent on the program will be included in Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget to be released April 10. The funding breakdown includes: $40 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is part of the Department of Defense; and $20 million from the National Science Foundation.Support will also be provided by private sector foundations.During his unveiling Tuesday at the White House, the president championed the program's medical benefits, but also promoted the initiative as an economic effort."Every dollar we spent to map the human genome has returned $140 to our economy," Obama said.

Re: President Barack Obama exits the East Room following his BRAIN initiative unveiling

Chimps can do better and cheaper.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2824657

this is why they put out that new crap movie PROJECT X with teenagers and younger then teens....being sexual deviants.(for adults to perv on kids...and kids get desensitized from being watched by older people.)....to FLOOD the web with that ...instead of REMEMBERING THIS flick............

Re: President Barack Obama exits the East Room following his BRAIN initiative unveiling

The $100 million in government funds being spent on the program will be included in Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget to be released April 10. The funding breakdown includes: $40 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is part of the Department of Defense; and $20 million from the National Science Foundation.Support will also be provided by private sector foundations.During his unveiling Tuesday at the White House, the president championed the program's medical benefits, but also promoted the initiative as an economic effort."Every dollar we spent to map the human genome has returned $140 to our economy," Obama said.

Quoting: pink cat

"Every dollar we spent to map the human genome has returned $140 to our economy," Obama said.

Re: President Barack Obama exits the East Room following his BRAIN initiative unveiling

The $100 million in government funds being spent on the program will be included in Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget to be released April 10. The funding breakdown includes: $40 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is part of the Department of Defense; and $20 million from the National Science Foundation.Support will also be provided by private sector foundations.During his unveiling Tuesday at the White House, the president championed the program's medical benefits, but also promoted the initiative as an economic effort."Every dollar we spent to map the human genome has returned $140 to our economy," Obama said.

Re: President Barack Obama exits the East Room following his BRAIN initiative unveiling

The $100 million in government funds being spent on the program will be included in Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget to be released April 10. The funding breakdown includes: $40 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is part of the Department of Defense; and $20 million from the National Science Foundation.Support will also be provided by private sector foundations.During his unveiling Tuesday at the White House, the president championed the program's medical benefits, but also promoted the initiative as an economic effort."Every dollar we spent to map the human genome has returned $140 to our economy," Obama said.

Quoting: pink cat

"Every dollar we spent to map the human genome has returned $140 to our economy," Obama said.

Re: President Barack Obama exits the East Room following his BRAIN initiative unveiling

The $100 million in government funds being spent on the program will be included in Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget to be released April 10. The funding breakdown includes: $40 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); $50 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is part of the Department of Defense; and $20 million from the National Science Foundation.Support will also be provided by private sector foundations.During his unveiling Tuesday at the White House, the president championed the program's medical benefits, but also promoted the initiative as an economic effort."Every dollar we spent to map the human genome has returned $140 to our economy," Obama said.

Quoting: pink cat

"Every dollar we spent to map the human genome has returned $140 to our economy," Obama said.

Re: President Barack Obama exits the East Room following his BRAIN initiative unveiling

"There is this enormous mystery waiting to be unlocked" within the human brain, Obama said. "And the BRAIN Initiative will change that." [link to www.wired.com]

Obama asked observers to imagine technology improving the lives of billions of people by reversing the effects of Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and traumatic brain injuries such as post-traumatic stress disorder for military veterans. [link to www.wired.com]

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It's called transhumanism and it is fucking evil.Obama is a bot and I don't want to be one.Got it bitch shill.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 279896

yup...and they are trying to have everything connected to it........

as violations of nuclear proportion are being used against us.....the countries are establishing this understanding and tech.......to develop...that HIVE MIND...........(a self aware one).....RESIDENT EVIL ??!!anyone..TERMINATOR??!!....something with no LIFE in it....being a false god.

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More sentient creatures to be tortured by these insane predators. This is exactly the archontic agenda; military transhumanism, and total control over the world's population. If you think flouride, pharmaceuticals and gmo's have dumbed us down, wait until these psychopaths start fucking with our brain, sheesh!